Wit vs Kit - What's the difference?
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Sanity.
The senses.
Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
Intelligence; common sense.
Humour, especially when clever or quick.
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A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
(ambitransitive, chiefly, archaic) Know, be aware of .
* 1849 , , St. Luke the Painter , lines 5–8
(en-SoE)
A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
A kind of basket made from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket, used as a measure of weight.
* 1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED):
A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
(UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
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(UK, informal) Clothing.
(computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
drum kit
To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.
Something which came originally in kit form.
a kit violin
* Grew
* Charles Dickens, Bleak House
As nouns the difference between wit and kit
is that wit is sanity while kit is a circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.As verbs the difference between wit and kit
is that wit is know, be aware of construed with of when used intransitively while kit is to assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.As a preposition wit
is {{en-SoE}} an alternative spelling of lang=en.As an adjective kit is
something which came originally in kit form.As an initialism KIT is
keep in touch.As a proper noun Kit is
a diminutive of the male given name Christopher.wit
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . Compare (m).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* brevity is the soul of wit * collect one's wits * gather one's wits * have one’s wits about one * inwit * mother wit * native wit * scare out of one’s wits * witcraft * witful * witless * witling * witter * wittol * witticismSee also
(type of humor) * acid * biting * cutting * lambentEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Compare (m).Verb
(head)- You committed terrible actions — to wit , murder and theft — and should be punished accordingly.
- They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.
- but soon having wist
- How sky-breadth and field-silence and this day
- Are symbols also in some deeper way,
- She looked through these to God and was God’s priest.
Conjugation
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* As a preterite-present verb, the third-person singular indicative form is not .Derived terms
* to wit * unwitting * witnessEtymology 3
From English with.Preposition
(head)kit
English
(wikipedia kit)Etymology 1
English from the 14th century, from a Dutch kitte'', a wooden vessel made of hooped staves. Related to Dutch ''kit "tankard". The further etymology is unknown. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.Noun
(en noun)- He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
- Always carry a good first-aid kit .
- I built the entire car from a kit .
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- Get your kit off and come to bed.
Derived terms
* airfix kit * first aid kit * football kit * kit and caboodle * kit out * kitbag * model kit * pack-up kit * toolkit * electronic kit * robot kit * starter kit * body kit * kit carVerb
(kitt)- We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.
Adjective
(-)- kit car
Etymology 2
A short form of kitten. From the 16th century (spelled kytte'', ''kitt ). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox").Etymology 3
16th century, perhaps from citharaNoun
(en noun)- A dancing master's kit .
- Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.